BACKGROUND Many patients with Barrett's esophagus do not adhere to guideline-recommended endoscopic surveillance. Among patient factors related to cancer prevention behaviors, patients' stated behavioral intention is a strong predictor of behavior performance. Little is known about the patient factors associated with having a strong behavioral intention to pursue surveillance endoscopy. This st...

The behavioral intention of tourists to protect the environment is a popular topic in tourism geography research. Understanding mechanisms that influence post-tour intentions heritage site visitors can effectively promote generation positive for sustainable development sites. Starting from “cognitive–emotional–behavioral” path attitude theory, we introduced environmental knowledge awareness (EK...

While much of the prior information system (IS) research has employed technology acceptance model (TAM) and theory of planned behavior (TPB) to explain user’s technology acceptance behavior, most of them use self-reported use intention to develop their investigation. The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the validity of behavioral intention’s prediction on actual system usage unde...

This study seeks to explore factors influencing the behavior of muzaki in paying zakat mal by applying Theory Planned Behavior. Referring Behavior, attitudes, subjective norms, behavioral controls, and intention influence mal. was carried out permanent registered at legal Amil Zakat Institutions Ponorogo Regency. quantitative used primary data form questionnaires. The population this is Regency...

OBJECTIVES Motivation in sport has been frequently identified as a key factor of young athletes' intention of doping in sport, but there has not been any attempt in scrutinizing the motivational mechanism involved. The present study applied the trans-contextual model of motivation to explain the relationship between motivation in a sport context and motivation and the social-cognitive factors (...

Smartwatches collect a broad range of physical activity data during usage. We postulate that Perceived Privacy Risk has a direct negative influence on the Behavioral Intention to Use smartwatches and an indirect negative influence on the Behavioral Intention to Use them through Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Enjoyment. After collecting 229 online questionnaires and applying a SEM approach, ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of message framing on women's intention to perform cytomegalovirus (CMV) prevention behaviors involving handwashing, not sharing food and eating utensils, not kissing a child on the lips and not placing a pacifier in the mouth after it was in a child's mouth. METHODS An online panel of women 18-40 years, who were pregnant or plan...

INTRODUCTION According to the Ethiopian Health Sector Development Plan IV annual performance report (HSDP IV), Ethiopia targeted to reach 90% coverage with DPT-Hib-HepB 3 (Pentavalent3) vaccine and 86% coverage with measles vaccine in 2010- 2011. However, the actual performance fell-short of the intended targets due to several reasons. Therefore, a nationwide comprehensive study was conducted t...

Although the benefits of e-learning have been discussed in various previous studies; it is a critical issue of better understanding the reasons why some learners are dissatisfied with the e-learning experience. Therefore, this research investigates learners’ satisfaction, behavioral intentions, and the effectiveness of the Blackboard e-learning system. A total of 424 university students were su...